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HDC

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Jun 6, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/6/00
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Hi,

I'm installing my VB5 application on a Win98SE machine and a NT4SP6 machine.
Both machines have Office97 installed, nothing more.

Major problems on the NT machine:
* the installation works perfect, the application works perfect but... when
I restart NT the system crashes. I can do a repair and the following files
are restored:
comctl32.dll, commdlg.dll, mfc40.dll, mfc42.dll, msvcirt.dll, oleaut32.dll
olepro32.dll, stdole2.tlb, msvcrt20.dll, odbcjt32.dll
Any clues?

On the Win98 machine I get one (tiny) problem:
* although I specify the file 'commdlg.dll' to overwrite only on a newer
version I get a message from Win saying that 'commdlg.dll' was overwritten
with an older version???

Help greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

Heli DC
Polaris Software Applications
Hel...@int.polaris-it.be

PS: I hope w2k reduces dll troubles to a minimum!

ssch...@stange-elektronik.de

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Jun 6, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/6/00
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Hi!

HDC schrieb in Nachricht <393ca...@208.30.171.38>...


>Hi,
>
>I'm installing my VB5 application on a Win98SE machine and a NT4SP6
machine.
>Both machines have Office97 installed, nothing more.
>
>Major problems on the NT machine:
>* the installation works perfect, the application works perfect but... when
>I restart NT the system crashes. I can do a repair and the following files
>are restored:
>comctl32.dll, commdlg.dll, mfc40.dll, mfc42.dll, msvcirt.dll, oleaut32.dll
>olepro32.dll, stdole2.tlb, msvcrt20.dll, odbcjt32.dll
>Any clues?


Use the MS-Runtimes
(http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/vbrun60sp3.exe)
and add only the vb5-specifc files, which are not included.
I think if you need the odbcjt32.dll, there are dependencies you should
check!

>On the Win98 machine I get one (tiny) problem:
>* although I specify the file 'commdlg.dll' to overwrite only on a newer
>version I get a message from Win saying that 'commdlg.dll' was overwritten
>with an older version???


Try installing the MS-Runtimes and nothing else - comes the same message?

>Help greatly appreciated!
>Thanks.
>
>Heli DC
>Polaris Software Applications
>Hel...@int.polaris-it.be
>
>PS: I hope w2k reduces dll troubles to a minimum!

(I think it won't ;-)

cu

Stefan Schulte


HDC

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Jun 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/8/00
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Hi Stefan,

I followed your advise, but had have no luck with it.

I found the 'troublemaker', comctl32.dll.
It only gives an error on NT, not on Win9x.

Thanks for your help.

Heli DC
Polaris Software Applications
Hel...@int.polaris-it.be


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bob

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Aug 17, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/17/00
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Hi,
I had the same problem and discovered you have to be careful with comctl32.dll
because it shouldn't be installed on Nt.
What I use now instead is 50comupd.exe to update the files - it's a microsoft
redistributable install that will do it for you properly.
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